Pretoria - The overflowing sewerage that has been spilling into the houses of the residents of Mothotlung, in Madibeng Local Municipality, will be something of the past.
This follows an intervention by North West MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements, Collen Maine.
MEC Maine met with affected ward councillors, Executive Mayor of Madibeng, Jostina Mothibe and the community of Mothotlung to establish the cause of the spilling sewerage that had made the area to stink.
The residents acknowledged that they deliberately blocked the sewer pipes in an attempt to get the attention of the municipality to respond to their plea, which among others, included the construction for an internal road.
MEC Maine requested Madibeng Local Municipality to deploy the necessary machinery to the area to unblock the system.
The MEC will also in the next two weeks, introduce a contractor who will build the +-2km road that goes through Switch settlement.
“The municipality will have to move swiftly to make sure that the road construction is prioritised. Work will also commence to repair the damaged sewage pipe and the sewerage dam will be emptied,” he said. – SAnews.gov.za
